Le'Veon Bell is trying his hand as a hip-hop artist. (USATSI)

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell is releasing a mixtape. He's doing this under the pseudonym "Juice," and the first track has already been released.

The track, which was produced by 808-H and features Rico Music along with Bell, is titled "Pain is Love." You can listen to it right here (WARNING: NSFW lyrics) if you want on Soundcloud.

Bell has been promoting the mixtape on his Twitter account while rehabbing from his ACL surgery.

His mic skills aren't horrible for someone that is apparently freestyling the entire thing, but we're definitely not ready to put him in the same league as other active athlete rappers like Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert, who just released his second full-length mixtape. Where he ranks among NFL rappers is more of an open question. We'll have to hear the rest of the mixtape -- coming March 1, apparently -- to pass judgment.